skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I remember using ICQ and not liking the whole experience mainly because the UI/UX was full of clutter and was more complex than it should be for an IM program, but I used it because there was nothing better.

Then arrived MSN and the "normies"/people new to the "Internet" started using it in massive numbers, so I had to switch. It crashed more than it should but the UI/UX was more focused, so it was better ( not by a lot ).

Also the whole ICQ number thing, it was on the wrong side of History and Hotmail addresses killed any remaining hope.
The state could absolutely offer free- or low-cost subsidized apartments in cheap areas like the central valley or the inland empire. I imagine they'd have a quite a few takers.

I know Utah has had great success with a housing-first model that gets people off the street first and then helps them work on other issues like addition and mental health problems.
Regulation by who?

Since the UK is now isolated (and has spent its goodwill in the EU), MasterCard may reasonably believe they have power enough to do this.

Will the UK government regulate this? A government which is scarcely managing its current responsibilities.
> Schmidt has published a number of papers on the subject, and claims to have been stung by the majority of stinging Hymenoptera [a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described.]

I can't even begin to imagine what it would be like to get stung, on purpose, by a majority (!!!) of stinging sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants out of 150,000+ known species. Talk about willing to make sacrifices for science!
`mv` is defined on the same line as `ma` is, right after the five `#define`s.

`pr` is on the last line before the only line break.

It's a pretty dense program to walk through, but not as completely impenetrable as I first thought after taking some time and making notes as I went.
I am honestly against this, and feel like it needs to be stopped. If Facebook cannot come to China and just buy some startup there, then Tencent shouldn't be allowed to do the same in the western world.
I'm a engineering manager in charge of hiring who writes production Blazor on the side.

I'm assuming you are asking this question because high-fidelity UI is not required for whatever you are building. If you need a fancy UI, then there is no question being in the JavaScript ecosystem is important.

Blazor is great that provides language and framework unity. You don't have to hire, train, and retain separate developers in the UI framework/JavaScript/Typescript world. The front-end worlds moves at such a rapid pace, not having to be in that world is valuable.

Backend inclined-C# developers have less interest in keeping up with the front-end JavaScript world. Boring technology in a familiar language is great for them.

Somehow people started using React before there were react devs so I don't understand the hiring issues. If you need to hire 100 developers then sure the framework matters, but if you hire few people a year then getting talented C# developers who would like to learn the newest tech from Microsoft should be easy.

I actually don't think Blazor is ready for a major project yet because the developer experience isn't great yet. The WebAssembly debugger is shoddy and the lack of hot reloading in both server and wa is demoralizing.
Anyone who thinks that just giving the homeless shelter fixes the problem doesn't understand the problem to begin with.
I am one of the other Guardians (aka Members of the Board of Directors) of the Matrix Foundation and I can confirm that we submitted the paperwork on time in October 2020. I remember because I had to go to some extra lengths for the process as a non-UK citizen.

I'm not surprised that Companies House is lagging behind right now. Basically everything is broken because of Covid, I can't imagine non-profit paperwork is at the top of the priority list. I will also say, as someone who has worked most of my professional life in non-profits, government paperwork is the bane of everyone's existence and having some sort of screw up (whether it is your fault or not) is practically a rite of passage.

As Arathorn mentioned in a sibling, we're chasing down our accountants to see if we can get this sorted out, but this isn't a sign of any larger trouble than a paperwork mixup.
> Taiwan being invaded by China is a signal of the end of US hegemony around the world.

It'll only loudly signal an end to US hegemony in Asia (which has already happened de facto). That is inevitable regardless of a Taiwan invasion and everyone knows it at this point. China has gained immense positioning during the pandemic while all other major nations have lost. There was never a scenario where the US could retain its former dominance in Asia as China arrived at being a full-fledged superpower (they'll be there militarily this decade). US hegemony, to the extent it exists, will remain intact elsewhere for decades after it lost that status in Asia. US hegemony isn't based on signals and perception, it's based on military force projection and whether there are equal counters to that in a given region. China is very close to powerful enough to counter the US military in the Asia region (not just near its borders) and that determines the hegemony regardless of whether China goes into Taiwan anytime soon. Anyone thinking the US still retains hegemony in Asia is most likely fooling themselves at this point.
I've found many solid links in new that never make the front page. Going through them can be a time sink.
Fortunately, Boeing's fix will just disable MCAS in several new situations and pilots will be left to figure out how to fly the finicky planes on short notice.
> Danger Hiptop

Best device.
Dr. Fauci Is the Highest Paid U.S. Federal Employee
There's plenty of high calorie crops that don't need pollination.
> Somethings dont have 2 sides. The earth is round, for instance

Not exactly round, but it's an ellipsoid with an uneven surface.
Borehole to Reveal Potential of Deep Geothermal Heating
When I was a kid (say early 80s) we would go to a camp about 60 minutes drive from our house in the city. In the summer, the round trip would leave a crust of dead inspects on the grill we'd have to scrub off when we washed the car. These days, if I see a bug on the grill it's unusual.
Payments between the UK and the EU will become more expensive and however we look at it this will be bad for both UK consumers and UK businesses.

For example, in the UK Stripe charges one fee for European cards and another fee for non-European cards. I suppose this reflects the underlying costs. Because of this move by Mastercard I can see Stripe and others change this soonish with the lower fee applying only to UK cards (for customers based in the UK). And then we'll also have to see if the government keeps the cap for domestic transactions or decide to "cut red tape" and remove all restrictions.
And also the United States form a federal republic. It makes sense for the states qua states to have a voice in the federal government (just like it makes sense for the states of Europe to have a voice in the European Union government).

If anything, I would push the principle downwards further, and argue that state senators should represent counties. Indeed, this was the case until the execrably unconstitutional Reynolds v. Sims decision in 1964, which forced states to apportion state senate seats by population.

We would probably be a much happier union if our politics were mostly about those things most of us can agree on, rather that all about the things that we disagree on. Our politics is all scissor statements, now.
The link doesn't work, it just shows "None."
I think if you define "signaling" as "wanting someone to know about it" then of course any social media communication is "signaling," but then is any communication at all. Oviously when I speak I want to be head, so it's not "I don't care if nobody knows about it."

But I think that's far too broad a definition of "signaling." The original article says "Building social capital through signaling."

When you post about your gardening to see if there are any other gardeners you can connect with, I don't think it's necessarily to "build your social capital," yet you can prove that it isn't.
I was referring to the friend who refused to leave WhatsApp not the broader global effect of migrating to Signal. For small group sizes the minority group’s preference will vary.
And those incorrect arguments can be listed and directly refuted.
Works on latest Firefox. Chrome has better framerate though
Alan Kay is a huge proponent of capital P Personal Computing. Meaning that anyone should be able to edit programs, edit how text gets displayed on your screen, etc.

HTML is a language to structure text with, that's perfectly fine to him. The problem is that the browser decides what that text should look like to you. Not only its aesthetics, but also how and where it gets displayed. If you want to visit webpages in a painting program ro find images, why not?

This makes a lot more sense if you watch one of his smalltalk demos, he draws a wheel and a car in a paint-like program, then tells the car to rotate as much as the wheel is rotated. He can rotate the wheel with his mouse.

Then he paints a pedal, and if clicked on it accelerates the car etc...

This is not a programming environment, but an operatjng system, you're free to make all your programs do everything
>HN is, from what I can tell, not necessarily the best bellwether for 'human actions taken'. It's sort of a small, insulated bubble. Just a heads up.

It does however seem to be a small, insulated bubble with better than average economy.
Jumping spiders make for great pets. Watching them hunt is fascinating, they'll crawl all over anything you put in the terrarium, and they can go without food for weeks at a time. Very low maintenance. And they're usually comfortable with climbing into your palm. I don't do it, because I worry about injuring or stressing them, but my wife loves it. We've never been bitten by a jumping spider.

If you don't like the idea of catching and caging spiders, keep one by a window. The small amount of webbing they leave isn't prominent, unless they have trouble climbing (like in glass terrariums).
The evidence, from Utah (Salt Lake City also attempted and was somewhat successful with Housing First) to Finland says otherwise. Housing the homeless is cheaper and gets them stability to address the core issues (addiction, job placement, etc) with social services (which is incredibly difficult when folks are transient and sleeping rough).

With that said:

> Meanwhile, illegal immigration creates a homeless population many countries are unwilling to house. That is sabotaging the shift to housing first.

You can't house everyone who comes to your country with no means to support themselves. Resources are finite.
> Feeling only slight pain, Schmidt has described the sting of a digger bee, categorized into Pain Level 1, as "almost pleasant, a lover just bit your earlobe a little too hard."

Amazing
could maybe do something like tweetdeck and have new listed adjacent to the main page...
Note that the "homeless" people in Finland are mainly people who refuse to accept support from the social welfare, this is because they prefer to get drunk instead of spending it on food and rent. The social welfare eventually suggests a different system for such people: pay the rent for them and give a special card that can be used for anything except alcohol and cigarette. If the people keep refusing that other option, then they went homeless on their own accord and keep spending the welfare on alcohol and living on the streets. Such people are very rare in Finland in reality however, but they do exist.

There is also one woman [1] who for whatever reason chooses to live homeless with bunch of luggage. She doesn't drink at all, and keeps moving from town to town with all her luggage, by walking.

Here's also a discussion about the Roma beggars you see in Helsinki streets. [2]

1: https://shl.fi/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IMG_2935.jpg

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/Finland/comments/79mqjs/question_ab...

While giving people who can't afford the food or housing, the food and housing mainly has upsides. It also has problem of artificially inflating housing and rent prices. Especially in the capital where most career opportunities are. (Helsinki is very expensive place to live)
In Norway MSN Messenger was responsible. I remember all the people who were a couple of years younger than me starting with that, and ICQ never recovered.
I visit "New" occasionally but I find it often disappointing because it is full of flagged submissions. Many of them seem reasonable submissions (not on TV, not click bait), so I keep wondering why they are flagged. Not sure if some people flag duplicates, but finding out whether it is duplicate takes quite a while, especially on a phone.
Worth mentioning: kialo.com
I agree, but maybe the flat earthers need to see how their argument doesn't hold up to logic from the other side.
Climate change is one of the main factors in "wiping out most life on earth." Habitat fragmantation means that flora and fauna cannot shift (generally poleward) to remain in regions they are suited to climatically, so the effects of climate change on biodiversity are worse than they would be otherwise. Even without habitat fragmentation, or the other pressures humans exert on the biosphere, the rate of climate change is such that it alone could potentially induce a mass extinction.

I do agree that the biosphere as a whole should be the primary concern and the focus on only one component, namely climate change, is incredibly short sighted.
The city of Austin, TX could be a case study of what not to do. I was remotely employed to company with offices in Austin in 2014-2015 and it was awesome to visit and walk around down town. I always had a blast.

I visited Austin in 2019 and there were homeless people EVERYWHERE. Every green space and nearly every street corner seemed to be littered with homeless people. The difference crystal clear. Something in the handling of the homeless problem had failed in that city.
https://archive.is/viQQG
A two-column layout is exactly how I plan to address this in my reddit clone that I'll never, ever actually get around to writing. Not sure what to do about mobile layout, though.
lol. I lived in nyc for a decade. Most people dont even know their neighbors.
First of all I would argue that science includes both empirical and analytical sciences, of where math and logic are analytical.
Math and logic is the study of the consequences based on some very simple assumptions and have proven to be extremely valuable to the empirical fields of science.

Second, I would argue that the assumptions are not arbitrary but what most people would hold as true (smartasses and a few more excluded) and even though we have different fields based on what assumptions we choose (fuzzy logic vs classic logic for example) they have all come up with a lot of very usable tools for us for use in the empirical sciences.

Thirdly, "observed" can be argued to both apply to empirical (in the real world) and non-obvious analytical consequences. Sometimes, in analytical science you pull on a thread and see where it leads. The result might surprise you and it is not really wrong to say that you observe the consequence just like you would if you observe a experiment in the empirical sense.
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This reeks of experts projecting their narrow field expertise onto everything.

I mean it looks very logical for a epidemiologist if you lock up everyone in their homes and reduce human 2 human contacts to zero. Because that's the best way to stop a disease from spreading.

But if you take a broader view the cure starts to look worse than the illness.
Related: https://www.newsweek.com/dr-fauci-backed-controversial-wuhan...

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oza1j2_WqBk
Vegan alternatives are in all restaurants now. Vegans simply refuse to eat animal products.
While it's true that the 'new' section is pretty under-visited, one of the reasons is definitely due to the content being much worse (on average) than the front page; it's a great way to see how effective the HN system is at showing us the better content that's been submitted.

But it's also quite often that some great posts don't manage to gain traction simply due to bad luck - I imagine the amount of people that read 'new' is around 1-3% of the userbase (I know if I'm going through pages of it, it's probably time to start focusing on work instead...), so it's nice this has been submitted.
I was hoping for some kind of paper logic, not another cardboard box Gundam.
The main goal of the project from the Racket on Chez status 2018

> It would be nice if porting to Chez Scheme made every aspect of Racket magically faster. It hasn’t done that, but we have plenty of room for improvement; the performance results to date are a lower bound on performance, not an upper bound.

> Keep in mind that the original goal is not to have a faster Racket, but a better-implemented Racket with acceptable performance. The Racket-on-Chez implementation is far more maintainable and flexible than the current Racket implementation, so maybe we’re half-way there after one year of work.

The fact that the performance looks this good is a huge win. And the focus on maintainability over speed is a refreshing sight. This is the sort of practical solution that will allow Racket to be relevant for many years to come. Racket is a good all around Scheme, there are other schemes that do certain aspects of what Racket can do better, but as a whole Racket is a very complete package.

I have two main criticisms with Racket, which are totally fixable, and in large part due to Racket's history as an incubator for language oriented programming, developed by PhDs in Comp Sci. Racket is very Academic. The documentation is great, but it is written by other Academics and can be hard to grok. Same with example code. Sure if you are looking at the student languages and tutorials based on that it is more accessible, but the minute you are trying to write a complex GUI app in typed Racket, the tutorials and example code is few and far between. Sometimes it makes me feel like I'm to dumb to be using the language, and I feel like I'm not the only one to get that feeling.

Also for a language that prides itself on Language Oriented Programming, I want to some more examples/tutorials that are not just using brain fuck language. These are fixable, and I admit some are just me problems, but I'm actively working to solve them in this space.
The Carlyle Group Acquires Jagex, Creator of RuneScape
That's a weird dataset.

The graph on this page appears to mostly show a progression of record crossing times, not necessarily typical crossing times - with the exception that there appears to be one datapoint in the set somewhere around 1912? which shows a higher time than the previous datapoint - at the time the Mauretania held the record from 1909 which would stand until 1929. Given the timing, I wonder whether it's meant to be representative of the journey time expected of the Titanic - perhaps the record speed achieved by a White Star Line Olympic class ship at the time?

It's possible that the dataset consists just of record journey times by certain notable ships. It's certainly not all the blue riband records (why are none of the times from 1846 to 1855 plotted?). But then it's not clear what the notable ship that took ~9 days in 1856? was (probably the Persia, but... why is that more notable than the Canada's 8.5 days in 1849?)
Seriously what's up with boomers and moaaar taxes and regulation! Taxes and regulation just increase the entry barrier for competitors. Established businesses/monopolies love regulation...
Tencent buys major stake in Klei Entertainment, latter retaining “full autonomy”
heh just like search ads... "before we show you what you came here for, please review these items which benefit us"

Still a reasonable suggestion. I like the idea of making "new" items part of the default view so they get more review. If this is done, they should be visually separated from the popular stuff, just like ads need to be clear.
From Pressure to Progress
You're arguing past the point of the topic. The composition of a receipt for gold on deposit, a gold certificate payable on demand to the bearer can vary widely. The important aspect is that the bearer is paid on demand.

There's also the phenomenon of coin clipping and shaving. Citing examples of monetary debasement doesn't prove that gold or coins have no intrinsic value. To the contrary, if there was no intrinsic value there would be no need to debase them. Just because someone has 'gotten away with it' doesn't mean it is a valid policy. These events illustrate economic mismanagement.

Nor do I accept your premise that price deflation is exclusively harmful. Technological advances, increases in productivity are deflationary. We all benefit from greater productivity. Consumers enjoy lower prices. Artificially suppressing deflation robs consumers of the benefits of increased productivity.

Then there was the gilded age. The most recent era before central banking in the US saw incredible advances in the standard of living for all. Gilded, literally meaning covered in gold.

Putting all of that to the side, the argument that deflation must be managed (by a central bank) is an argument for price fixing. This discards the entire premise of decentralized price discovery, in lieu of omnipotent technocracy.

If we can't agree that markets are the optimal method to determine prices, there's very little to discuss here. I can't accept the premise of infallible technocrats having better information than a network of consumers freely buying and selling.

I resisted responding until now due to what I see as an ideological impasse.
If they have the money to buy EA, the world would be better served with them investing the billions in creating a competing game studio. I know it's easier than ever for an indie studio to get started in creating games, but it feels like every major franchise has been pulled into one of the "big studios" (or I guess at this point distributors) resulting in stagnation.
> Penetration of Signal in real world is way too different from what it "feels" here on HN

But we should also remember most of the popular apps right now started with small bubble.

People like HN readers and techies is what going to influence non-tech people in long run.
Notice: Failure lib is deprecated now
it's 3 areas:
-income inequality
-low cost housing supplies
-mental health
-job inequality

Finland seems to be tackling some of the others in some fashion via their approach to democratic socialism government initiatives.
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>Upvote to encourage more people to visit New Links on Hacker News

I experimented with the "/newest" link a while back and I decided that it was not a good use of my limited reading time. It was better to read the threads that the crowd voted up to the default HN front page or the "/best" algorithm for some older threads.

The issue is that the "/newest" would only work for me if it was a whitelist of the 50 HN users' opinions I trust.

(And nothing against you personally because I don't know you but I notice that /newest page has many more submissions by crazypython because you've submitted many articles in the last 24 hours. Do I need to see more crazypython submissions?!? I dunno.)

But I'm willing to be convinced that I should expend reading effort on the /newest page again.
i agree with large swaths of the initial diatribe, but lost interest when i was 30% through the article (based on scrollbar position) with nary a solution yet proposed. Somewhat ironically, this article would benefit from extensive editing to be a 5 minute read.